Dermatobranchus fortunatus (Bergh, 1888)

Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana, 2021, An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters, ZooKeys 1042, pp. 73-188 : 73

Dermatobranchus fortunatus (Bergh, 1888) Figure 19D

Material examined.

Two specimens 7-11 mm, CB; one specimen 9 mm, SB.

Ecology.

On rocks and under rubble, in particular under skeletons of dead Fungiidae corals, in shallow coral reef habitats. Depth 1-18 m.

Distribution.

Across the Indo-Pacific including the Indian Ocean of Java ( Bergh 1888), India ( Dixit et al. 2017), Japan ( Bolland 2003), Australia ( Marshall and Willan 1999), the Seychelles, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea ( Gosliner and Fahey 2011). Documented from the Gulf waters of Thailand by Mehrotra and Scott (2016).

Figures

Figure 19. A Armina scotti 41 mm B Dermatobranchus caeruleomaculatus 55 mm C Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus 40 mm D Dermatobranchus fortunatus 11 mm E Dermatobranchus semilunus 33 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) F Dermatobranchus cf. striatus 14 mm G, H Dermatobranchus sp. 1 32 mm (G) and 28 mm (H) I, J Dermatobranchus sp. 2 27 mm K Bornella hermanni 12 mm L Bornella johnsonorum 35 mm.